Tag: Louis Shaw
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Johnson Gets Ward’s Job as Kobus Orders Cop Shakeup
By Charles L. Humes In a shakeup of Camden police officials yesterday afternoon Lieutenant Samuel E. Johnson was named acting chief of detectives by Commissioner Mary W. Kobus, director of public safety. Lieutenant George A. Ward, who has been in charge of the detective bureau for a year, was transferred to take Johnson’s place in…
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Klosterman Boys Found Guilty In Numbers Case
Camden Courier-Post – June 22, 1933 Camden Brothers Released in Bail Awaiting Sentence They Are Big Shots,’ Prosecutor Declares Both Defendants Deny Connection With Raided Saloon Joseph and Fred Klosterman were convicted in Camden Criminal Court yesterday of operating a numbers racket. A jury returned a guilty verdict against the two South Camden sportsmen-brothers at…
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Mysterious Piece of Paper Enlivens Numbers Trial Here
Camden Courier-Post – June 21, 1933 Judge Shay Enjoys Verbal Tilt Between Gotshalk and Walter Keown, But it Fails to Enter Into Evidence A mysterious piece of paper yesterday precipitated a verbal battle between Assistant Prosecutor William C. Gotshalk and Defense Attorney Walter S. Keown upon opening of the trial of Joseph and Fred Klosterman…
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Ghost Sniper Shoots at Bus, Fells Cop at Bridge Plaza
Camden Courier-Post – January 25, 1928 Blue Marble Found After ‘Shot’ Knocks Officer Down at 4 AM Windshield of Bus Strangely Shattered Four Private Cars Also Have Been Targets; Probers Are Baffled Probing a mystery that sounds more like fantastic fiction than serious fact, police of Camden and officials of the Camden Bridge today were…
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Dealer Denies Thieves Took Slot Machine
Camden Evening Courier – January 20, 1928 Bertman Doubts His Story After He ‘Shifts’ Loot to Cigars Is liable to a fine on gambling machine Grand Jury Probe is Hinted by Judge – Reporter Takes Stand Lewis Shectman changed his story in police court today and declared that it was only a box of cigars,…